Attachment through the life Course Flashcards
attachment behavioral system
a motivational system selected over the course of evolution to maintain proximity between a young child and his/her primary attachment figure
attachment behaviors
behaviors and signals that attract the attention of a primary attachment figure and function to prevent separation from that individual or to reestablish proximity to that individual
attachment figure
someone who functions as the primary safe haven and secure base for an individual. in childhood, usually a parent, in adulthood usually a romantic partner.
attachment patterns
aka, styles or
orientations
individual differences in how securely or insecurely people think, feel and behave in attachment relationships
strange situation
a laboratory task that involves briefly separating and reuniting infants and their primary caregivers as a way of studying the differences in their behavior
attachment theory
Bowlby British psychoanalyst
understanding the nature of close relationships
Harlows experiment
baby monkeys were separated and
there were two artificial monkeys made
-wire monkey
-foam monkey
Ainsworth theory
She provided the first empirical demonstrations on how attachment behavior is organized in unfamiliar contexts
Hazen and Shaver
First researchers to explore Bowlby’s theory in romantic relationships
-individuals gradually transfer attachment-related functions from parent to peers as they develop